LINK PERFORMANCE FOR MOBILE SATELLITE BASED SERVICES IN KU-BAND

This paper analyses the performance of the radio satellite link in Ku-band for future communication systems, aiming to use this band to offer different kind of broadband services to mobile users, such as land mobile vehicles and fast trains. Important parts of this work have been supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) under ESTEC Contract Nr. 15593/01/NL/DS and are currently supported by the European Commission (EC) under IST Contract Nr. 2001-39097.